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Ilim Group is the largest pulp and paper organization in Russia. Ilim Group’s upper management team made the long trip to Canada in December to get a closer look at the Tigercat manufacturing plants in Ontario. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Ilim Group is the largest pulp and paper organization in Russia. Its mills account for[…]

Fiskarheden decided to implement a comprehensive investment plan, starting with a Microtec CT Log system for their sawmill in Transtrand, Sweden. The company’s main goal is to increase the value of each log and to reduce waste. This will enable Fiskarheden to utilize the potential of the highly valuable raw material coming from well-managed forests[…]

Log imports through Xiamen Port, China, totalled 1.905 million cubic metres valued at $46 million in 2017, up 10% in volume and 11% in value compared to 2016, as ITTO reported. The imported logs were from 37 countries with New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Estonia topping the list in terms of volumes. Imports from[…]

Roseburg Forest Products is pleased to announce that Tony Ramm has been promoted to General Manager of Plywood, effective Feb. 1. Tate Muir will replace him as Plant Manager at Roseburg’s Riddle Plywood plant. Ramm was named Riddle Plywood plant manager in May 2014. He joined Roseburg from Weyerhaeuser, where he held increasingly responsible positions[…]

Canada’s lumber production rose 6.3% from September to 5 991.0 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October. Production was 1.2% higher than in October 2016, reports Statistics Canada. Sawmills shipped 5 884.0 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, up 1.1% from September and 0.3% higher than in October 2016.

Following the successes of 2017, recycling equipment specialists, Terex Ecotec are quick off the mark in 2018 with the appointment of McHale Plant Sales as exclusive distribution partner for Ireland, North and South. The company will also be an authorised service provider for the products, as the Ecotec brand continues its global expansion. McHale Plant[…]

We are proud to be named to Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies® 2018 list. This year, Caterpillar is ranked number 43. Caterpillar has appeared in the Top 50 All-Stars list for 17 consecutive years. “We welcome this recognition as one of the world’s most admired companies,” said CEO Jim Umpleby. “This honor belongs to our[…]

Steady and strong competition from foreign buyers for New Zealand logs is forcing raw material prices up for local timber processors. The New Zealand Timber Industry Federation says that log prices have already risen by 25% to the local market over the past five years and sawmills are preparing for further predicted log cost increases[…]

Vancouver, BC – Internationally, inventory mapping for foresters has benefited considerably from developments in drone and lidar technologies. Many senior forest managers are now focused on how the new systems deliver better deicsion-making by foresters on the ground out in the woods. Service providers understand that forest managers need a way to tailor the data[…]

In Wood Markets’ new five-year softwood lumber forecast, the continuation of U.S. duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. is expected to cause more short-term market and price volatility. The preliminary duties launched earlier in 2017 rocked the U.S. market and more of the same is expected in 2018. The Wood Markets outlook report[…]